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Although Syrian President Hafez Assad has condemned the assassination, his official state-run paper expressed no sorrow at the event. Syria and its client Lebanon are the only neighboring countries that have not signed a peace agreement with Israel, and little progress has been made in Syrian-Israeli peace talks since they began in 1991. "Syria's stand toward the peace process is fixed and it is still sincere to the issue of just and comprehensive peace in the region," the Tishrin daily said. "Syria will persist with this path regardless of this or that incident." In Lebanon, many cheered...
...Washington. "Israel has resumed the policy of maneuvering and scattered the wave of optimism . . . and put all peace efforts exerted by the international community in jeopardy," Syria's official government daily, Tishrin, wrote today.TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyersays the statement contradicts positive signals that Syrian President Hafez Assad has sent through diplomatic channels in the wake of Secretary of State Warren Christopher's shuttle diplomacy last week...
Diplomatic sources are also suggesting that Syrian President Hafez Assad has agreed to begin normalizing relations with Israel-establishing embassies, opening up trade and so on-before the Israeli retreat from the Golan is complete; if true, this would be a substantial concession. The list of major differences is still long. Israel, for instance, wants to continue to maintain early-warning stations on the Golan, and Syria flatly refuses. But at least the two countries are on speaking terms again...
...Christopher declared that Israel and its longtime archrival, Syria, soon will resume peace talks in Washington that could lead to a binding treaty this year. "There were some difficulties," said Christopher, visibly tired after hours of last-minute, back-to-back meetings with Rabin in Jerusalem and Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus. TIME State Department correspondent J.F.O. McAllister, who is travelling with Christopher, says the hitch -- concerning the security arrangements for a possible Israeli withdrawal from the disputed Golan Heights -- arose from cold feet and domestic qualms about peace in both countries. "When you get involved in these issues...
Secretary of State Warren Christopher veered off from the European security summit in Budapest to meet with Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus, resuming the Administration's attempt to force a Mideast peace breakthrough. In a four-and-a-half-hour meeting, Christopher pressed Assad to make a public declaration denouncing terrorism, but merely received a promise from Assad that he'd think about it. The Secretary then shuttled to Jerusalem, where Israeli leaders blamed Syria for the deadlocked peace talks and expressed little hope that Christopher's trip would jar loose an impasse over the disputed Golan Heights. (Also...